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A new dating sequence for Çatalhöyük

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Craig Cessford
Craig Cessford*
Affiliation:
Çatalhöyük Research Project, Department of Archaeology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, England. cc250@cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

A recent series of accelerator mass spectrometry dates from the earliest excavated deposits at Çatalhöyük has allowed the origins of the site to be more precisely dated. These dates also provide a reliable basis for the construction of an overall intra-site chronological sequence.

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ÇatalhöyükNeolithicdating

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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 290 , December 2001, pp. 717 - 725
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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